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Neighbourhoods

Munich's 25 Stadtbezirke, what each is like to live in, and what the name on the U-Bahn map tells you about rent. Schwabing, Haidhausen and Giesing are not interchangeable.

Open parkland in Munich's Haidhausen district
Photograph by Kritzolina, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Munich has 25 Stadtbezirke, and unlike Vienna's numbered spiral they are known by name rather than number. Learning six or seven of them tells you most of what you need about rent, travel time and character.

A residential street in central Munich
Photograph by Ricardalovesmonuments, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Altstadt-Lehel is the old core and priced accordingly. Maxvorstadt holds the universities and the museum quarter. Schwabing was the bohemian district a century ago and is now expensive and calm. Haidhausen, across the Isar, is the one people compare to Paris. Giesing and Sendling are where the city still feels working-class, and are changing fastest.

The S-Bahn ring and the Isar do more to define how a district feels than the administrative boundaries do. Articles here cover what each is actually like to live in, rather than which is “best”.

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